Friday, 1st June 2007

It was forty years ago today...

9:58am

Sergeant Pepper always cheers me up because – aside from its musical brilliance – it is slightly older than I am. Today’s papers are full of readable celebrations of the album’s anniversary, including a Guardian leader and a “where is she now?” piece in The Times on the Lucy of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”. My favourite track, by a whisker, is still “She’s Leaving Home”. What do other Coffee Housers think?

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June 1st, 2007 10:33am Report this comment

When I'm 64, surely?

hogarth zombie

June 1st, 2007 10:57am Report this comment

With a Little Help from My Friends is surely the track for the Cameron era - trusting people and sharing responsibility

albert hammond bootleg

June 1st, 2007 12:54pm Report this comment

the beatles.. Yawn.. Give me the rolling stones any day.

Og

June 1st, 2007 2:10pm Report this comment

It strikes me as a very uneven album, some great stuff and some quite appalling McCartney pub songs like 64, Mr Kite. The Stones released Satanic Majesties the same year.... no contest.

Mark Flanagan

June 1st, 2007 5:47pm Report this comment

gotta be 'a day in the life' Matt. I still have a rare mono version. On the whole a classsic album which still stands up today.

EyeSee

June 5th, 2007 1:19pm Report this comment

Music is always subjective obviously, but Sgt Pepper was another example of how the Beatles continually led music, how their style changed and experimented. You have to stand in awe of how much of their output was so spectacular, so well known; accessible. Despite it's simplicity and words that at times struggle, surely the title track is best, particularly when you add the reprise. Sing on Billy Shears.

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